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University  of  California  •  Berkeley 


PETRIFIED  FOREST 

National  Monument 


UNITED  STATES  RAILROAD  ADMINISTRATION 


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Thousands  of  acres  and  millions  of  tons 


)c/8io8        An  Appreciation  of 

The  Petrified  Forest  of  Arizona 

By  CHAS.  F.  LUMMIS 

Author  of  "Some  Strange  Corners  of  Our  Country," — "The  Land  of  Poco  Tiempo," 
"Pueblo  Indian  Folk  Stories,"  etc. 


Written  Especially  for  the  United  States  Railroad  Administration 


"Full  fathom  five  thy  father  lies; 
Of  his  bones  are  coral  made; 
Those  are  pearls  that  were  his  eyes; 

Nothing  of  him  that  doth  fade, 
But  doth  suffer  a  sea-change 
Into  something  rich  and  strange." 

— The  Tempest. 

SEQUOIA  in  California  is  the  oldest  creature  alive.     It 
had  measured  a  millennium  when  Christ  walked  the  earth. 
But  "that's  no  time  at  all."     Ten  thousand  ages  before 
the  cedars  bloomed  on  Lebanon,  away  out  here  in  the 
Wonderland  of  our  own  Southwest,  the 
"Wind,  that  grand  old  harper,  smote 
His  thunder-harp  of  pines" — 

identical  pines  that  are  with  us  to  this  day.  Not,  indeed,  as  they 
were  in  that  incalculable  Past — for  they  have  Put  on  Immortality, 
and  are  this  side  of  Resurrection.  They  lived  their  green  millenniums, 
and  were  laid  to  bed  under  the  coverlet  of  a  continent,  to  sleep  ten 
times  as  long  as  Parasite  Man  has  crawled  upon  this  globe.  And 
since,  for  as  many  aeons,  the  tireless  moths  of  Erosion  have  been  gnaw- 
ing away  their  league-thick  blankets,  till  at  last  they  are  bared  again 
to  the  Arizona  sun — the  most  imperishable  of  earthly  things,  and  of 
fadeless  beauty;  a  "Forest"  in  Glorified  Stone,  its  very  bark  and 
"rings"  immortalized  in  agate. 

Not  as  that  classic  Munchausen  of  the  Grand  Canyon,  Cap'n  John 
Hance,  loved  to  tell.  "A  forest  of  petrified  trees,  with  petrified  birds 
flying  through  petrified  air,  singing  petrified  songs" — but  prostrate  and 
unmurmuring  trunks  upon  a  stark  desert  bed. 

How  great  was  once  this  grove  of  giant  conifers  and  willow-kind, 
no  man  will  ever  know — nor  how  much  is  still  buried,  where  ancient 
lava  flows  have  pinned  its  sedimentary  blankets  down.  Some  400,000 
acres  of  it  are  uncovered — in  extent  and  beauty  the  noblest  petrified 
forest  in  the  world.  Only  the  diamond  is  harder  than  its  "wood;" 
only  the  opal  so  rainbowed.  Some  cosmic  cataclysm  mowed  it  down, 
orderly  and  at  a  scythe-swing.  Not  cyclone  nor  freshet — Noah's  flood 
turned  against  it  could  not  have  felled  it  so  fair.  It  is  no  tangle  of 
windfall  or  flotsam.  Swath  by  swath  it  fell,  its  lofty  tops  generally 
to  the  south.  Perhaps  a  far  vaster  earthquake  than  later  split  the 
Mogollon  plateau  to  the  beginnings  of  the  Grand  Canyon  was  the  agent. 

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Anyhow,  before  it  could  decay,  the  prostrate  forest  was  submerged 
beneath  some  gentle  sea,  whose  boiling  mineral  springs  and  slow- 
building  sediments  "pickled"  it  forever,  under  the  inconceivable 
pressure  of  two  vertical  miles  of  strata — even  as  we  pygmies  today 
creosote  piles  and  railroad  ties  under  the  inverse  thrust  of  a  vacuum. 
As  agate  to  pine  for  hardness,  as  aeons  to  weeks  for  duration,  as  gems 
to  mud  for  beauty — so  was  God's  "pickling"  to  ours. 

As  unhurried  of  the  Ages,  this  submerged  half-continent  was  then 
exalted  from  three  miles  below  its  miracle-working  sea  to  three  miles 
above  it — so  evenly  that  its  stratum  blankets  were  hardly  rumpled; 
and  the  patient  Weather  began  its  task.  Grain  by  slow  grain,  the 
sandstones  resolved  to  sand  again,  and  found  their  way  to  be  laid 
down  under  later  seas  to  form  some  future  continent.  Upon  these 
one-time  tropics  had  crept  the  Age  of  Ice;  and  crept  back  toward  the 
Pole:  and  had  been  forgotten.  As  dwindling  snow  lets  down  a  twig 
imperceptibly,  so  when  their  stone  coverlet — "9000  ft.  thick  on  the 
average"  (Drake),  had  melted  to  Erosion,  the  great  fossil  logs  sank 
with  their  sinking  shales  and  clays.  They  are  still  a  mile  above  the 
sea.  In  their  subsidence  they  have  broken  their  backbones  squarely, 
almost  into  vertebrae ;  few  sections  are  20  feet  long — though  some  trees 
were  once  240  feet  tall  (and  still  so  measure  upon  the  ground)  and  nine 
feet  diameter.  A  150-foot  log,  the  "petrified  bridge,"  spans  a  ravine 
between  rock  piers.  The  glittering  "chips,"  like  fossil  butterflies,  pave 
hundreds  of  square  miles,  and  were  "the  first  money  in  America." 
Ages  before  Columbus,  these  chips  of  agate  and  chalcedony  were 
prized  by  the  First  Americans — to  make  the  best  arrowheads  and 
"knives"  that  primitive  man  ever  fashioned.  Prehistoric  Indian 
pueblos,  whose  ruins  we  explore  today  on  surviving  cliffs  500  feet 
above,  controlled  this  aboriginal  "hardware  shop,"  and  bartered  its 
bright  spalls  a  thousand  miles  either  way,  for  the  guacamayo  plumes 
of  Yucatan  to  the  bison  hides  of  the  Plains,  and  the  shells  of  the 
California  Gulf. 

>  In  our  own  day  we  have  sometimes  sawed  these  logs  (with  the  only 
harder  substance,  diamond-dust)  into  36-inch  table- tops,  at  $2500 
each ;  but  it  is  too  costly  to  polish  commercially.  One  company  tried 
grinding  it  for  emery.  Hundreds  of  these  "gem"  logs  have  been 
dynamited  to  get  the  crystals  in  hollow  cores.  I  have  a  piece  not 
three  inches  across;  with  a  quartz  heart,  and  on  one  side  half-inch 
crystals  of  amethyst,  and  on  the  other  their  mates  in  smoky  topaz. 
But  in  1906  the  Petrified  Forest  was  made  a  National  Monument  and 
saved  from  the  "civilized  savage."  The  railroad  traversed  it  in  1882; 
and  it  is  now  easy  of  access.  North  is  the  Black  Forest,  some  of 
whose  great  stumps  still  stand  erect,  their  futile  roots  bedded  in  the 
wasting  clays.  The  Southwest  Museum  in  Los  Angeles  has  the  unique 
terminal  bud  of  one  of  those  giant  Sagillarias.  South  are  the  Rainbow, 
the  Crystal,  the  Blue  and  other  "forests"  of  the  Forest — second  only 
to  the  Grand  Canyon  as  a  chief 
wonder  of  the  Southwestern 
Wonderland. 

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To  the  American  People: 

Uncle  Sam  asks  you  to  be  his  guest.  He  has  prepared  for  you  the 
choice  places  of  this  continent — places  of  grandeur,  beauty  and  of 
wonder.  He  has  built  roads  through  the  deep-cut  canyons  and  beside 
happy  streams,  which  will  carry  you  into  these  places  in  comfort,  and 
has  provided  lodgings  and  food  in  the  most  distant  and  inaccessible 
places  that  you  might  enjoy  yourself  and  realize  as  little  as  possible 
the  rigors  of  the  pioneer  traveler's  life.  These  are  for  you.  They  are 
the  playgrounds  of  the  people.  To  see  them  is  to  make  more  hearty 
your  affection  and  admiration  for  America. 


In,,,... 


Secretary  of  the  Interior 


Petrified  Forest  National  Monument 


O  subject  is  of  deeper  in- 
terest, to  educator  and  casual 
tourist  alike,  than  the  history 
of  the  earth  on  which  we  live, 
and  the  wonders  thereof. 
Particularly  that  portion  which  we  call 
America. 

The  earth  itself — our  own  land — how 
did  it  first  awake?  In  the  descriptions 
that  follow  you  will  find  a  brief  account  of 
the  earth-making  process  as  revealed  to 
us  by  a  study  of  the  Petrified  Forest  of 
Arizona  in  the  light  of  modern  scientific 
research. 

In  this  wonderful  region  you  will  find 
beneath  turquoise  skies  pillars  and  bridges 
of  agate  and  chalcedony  and  every  road- 
way strewn  with  gems  that  might  adorn 
the  palaces  of  Golconda  or  the  temples  of 
Ormus. 

Long  ere  the  pithecanthropus  ex- 
changed his  arboreal  dwelling  for  a  cave, 
or  Noah  and  his  family  fled  from  a  bank- 
rupt world — even  ere  Adam  was — forests 
were  growing  in  Arizona.  In  the  course 
of  ages  some  cosmic  catastrophe  struck 
them  down  and  over  them  swept  an  in- 
land sea,  whose  sediments  subsequently 


buried  them"  a  mile  or  more  deep.  Dur- 
ing these  long  geologic  periods,  the  subtle 
alchemy  of  Nature  perfected  its  trans- 
mutation. Riven  and  fractured,  the 
ancient  logs  were  again  brought  upward, 
and  after  years  of  erosion  they  were  once 
more  "living"  under  the  brilliant  Arizona 
skies — not  as  they  once  lived,  but  in  a 
glowing  permanent  form.  They  are  there 
today,  the  most  brilliant  aggregation  of 
jewels  on  the  globe.  There  are  agates, 
chalcedony,  jasper,  onyx  and  opals  not 
by  the  handful,  but  by  the  ton. 

And  these  beautiful  mosaics  lie  in  the 
open  air,  scattered  over  thousands  of 
acres,  on  the  great  Southwestern  Plateau, 
with  its  colorful  deserts,  its  lofty  extinct 
volcanoes  whose  iridescent  hues  are  re- 
born and  die  each  day  under  the  magic  of 
the  sunlight,  with  its  vast  lava  fields,  its 
fascinating  ruins  of  a  prehistoric  people 
and  its  equally  interesting  pueblos  of 
their  descendants. 

The  building  of  the  railroad  first 
brought  into  prominence  this  wonderful 
natural  phenomena.  Many  scientists 
visited  the  region  and  made  reports  to 
the  authorities  in  Washington,  from  time 

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A  natural  bridge  of  agatized  wood 


to  time.  Even  as  late  as  1906,  a  new 
forest,  the  North  Sigillaria,  was  dis- 
covered by  John  Muir,  the  noted  Cali- 
fornia naturalist. 

The  following  letter  was  written  in 
1899  by  the  acting  Secretary  of  the 
Smithsonian  Institute,  in  response  to  an 
inquiry: 

"The  region  in  Apache  County,  Ari- 
zona, known  as  the  'Petrified  Forest,' 
'Chalcedony  Park,'  and  'Lithodendron 
(stone  trees)  Valley,'  is  of  great  interest 
because  of  the  abundance  of  its  beautiful 
petrified  coniferous  trees,  as  well  as  for 
its  scenic  features.  The  trees  lie  scattered 
about  in  great  profusion,  but  none  stand 
erect  in  their  original  place  of  growth,  as 
do  many  in  the  Yellowstone  National 
Park.  The  National  Museum  possesses 
three  splendid  trunks,  collected  there  at 
the  request  of  General  Sherman." 

A  good  account  of  this  locality  by  Mr. 
Geo.  F.  Kunz,  is  in  part  as  follows: 

"Among  the  great  American  wonders 
is  the  silicified  forest  known  as  Chal- 
cedony Park,  (now  Petrified  Forest  Na- 
tional Monument),  in  Apache  County, 

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Arizona.  There  is  every  evidence  that 
the  trees  grew  beside  some  inland  sea. 
After  falling  they  became  water-logged, 
and  during  decomposition  the  cell  struc- 
ture of  the  wood  was  entirely  replaced 
by  silica  from  sandstone  in  the  walls 
surrounding  this  great  sea." 

"Over  the  entire  area,  trees  lie  scattered 
in  all  conceivable  positions  and  in  frag- 
ments of  all  sizes,  the  broken  sections 
sometimes  resembling  a  pile  of  cart 
wheels.  A  phenomenon  perhaps  un- 
paralleled, and  the  most  remarkable  fea- 
ture of  the  park,  is  a  natural  bridge, 
formed  by  a  tree  of  agatized  wood 
spanning  a  canyon  60  feet  in  width.  In 
addition  to  this  span,  fully  fifty  feet  of 
the  tree  rests  on  one  side  making  a 
visible  length  of  over  100  feet." 

Dr.  Walter  Hough,  of  the  Smithsonian 
Institute,  writes  as  follows: 

"In  the  celebrated  Petrified  Forest, 
Arizona,  there  are  ruins  of  several 
Indian  Villages.  These  villages  are 
small,  in  some  cases  have  merely  a  few 
houses,  but  what  gives  them  peculiar 
interest  is  that  they  are  built  of  logs  of 


beautiful  fossil  wood.  The  prehistoric 
dwellers  of  the  land  selected  cylinders  of 
uniform  size,  which  were  seemingly  de- 
termined by  the  carrying  strength  of  a 
man  (or  several  men).  It  is  probable 
that  prehistoric  builders  never  chose 
more  beautiful  stones  for  their  habita- 
tions, than  the  trunks  of  these  trees 
which  flourished  ages  before  man  ap- 
peared on  earth." 

"This  wood  agate  also  furnished  ma- 
terial for  stone  hammers,  arrowheads  and 
knives,  which  are  often  found  in  ruins 
hundreds  of  miles  from  the  forest.  The 
'wood  agate,'  or  'wood  opal'  is  now  cut 
and  polished  into  floor  tiling,  mantels, 
clock  cases,  table  tops,  etc.  The  silver 
testimonial  to  the  French  sculptor  Bar- 
tholdi,  made  by  Tiffany  &  Co.,  had  for 
its  base  a  section  of  this  wood  agate." 

As  a  result  of  the  scientific  investiga- 
tions and  reports,  the  growing  interest  of 
the  public,  and  to  end  the  depredations 
of  vandals,  activity  in  Congress  led  at 
length  to  the  passage  of  the  Act  of  June 
8,  1906,  entitled  "An  Act  for  the  Preser- 
vation of  American  Antiquities,"  and  to 


President  Roosevelt's  proclamation  of 
December  8,  1906,  which,  under  the  name 
of  The  Petrified  Forest  National  Monu- 
ment, placed  the  forest  under  the  pro- 
tection of  the  Government  for  the 
perpetual  enjoyment  of  the  people. 
Area,  25,625  acres. 

But  let  us  turn  to  the  detailed  descrip- 
tion of  one  who  has  made  a  careful, 
scientific  study  of  the  region. 

The  following  is  from  the  report  of 
Prof.  Lester  F.  Ward,  Paleontologist, 
U.  S.  Geological  Survey: 

"These  Petrified  Forests  may  be  prop- 
erly classed  among  the  natural  wonders 
of  America,  and  every  reasonable  effort 
should  be  made  not  only  to  preserve  them 
from  destructive  influences  but  also  to 
make  their  existence  and  true  character 
known  to  the  people." 

"Some  of  the  most  important  consider- 
ations that  may  be  urged  in  favor  of  the 
importance  of  this  region  compared  with 
other  petrified  forests  rest  upon  its 
geological  relations.  It  is  much  more 
ancient  than  those  of  the  Yellowstone 
National  Park,  of  certain  parts  of  Wyo- 


The  plain  is  cut  into  innumerable  ridge*,  buttes  and  meg 


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ming,  and  of  the  Calistoga  deposits  in 
California.  The  difference  in  their  an- 
tiquity is  many  millions  of  years.  There 
is  no  other  petrified  forest  in  which  the 
wood  assumes  so  many  varied  colors,  and 
it  is  these  that  present  the  chief  attrac- 
tion for  the  general  public.  The  state  of 
mineralization  in  which  much  of  this  wood 
exists  almost  places  them  among  the 
gems  of  precious  stones.  Not  only  are 
chalcedony,  opals,  and  agates  found 
among  them,  but  many  approach  the 
condition  of  jasper  and  onyx.  The 
degree  of  hardness  attained  by  them  is 
such  that  they  are  said  to  make  an 
excellent  quality  of  emery." 

"This  region  consists  of  the  ruins  of  a 
former  plain  having  an  altitude  above 
sea  level  of  5,700  feet.  This  plain  has 
undergone  extensive  erosion  to  a  maxi- 
mum depth  of  nearly  700  feet,  and  is  cut 
into  innumerable  ridges,  buttes,  and 
small  mesas,  with  valleys,  gorges,  and 
gulches  between.  The  strata  consist  of 
alternating  beds  of  clays,  sandstone 
shales,  and  massive  sandstones.  The 
clays  are  purple,  white  and  blue,  the 


purple  predominating,  the  white  and 
blue  forming  bands  of  different  thickness 
between  the  others,  giving  to  the  cliffs  a 
lively  and  pleasing  effect.  The  sand- 
stones are  chiefly  of  a  reddish  brown  color. 
The  mesas  are  formed  by  the  resistance 
of  the  massive  sandstone  layers — of 
which  there  are  several  at  different 
horizons — to  erosive  agencies,  and  vary 
in  size  from  mere  capstones  of  small 
buttes  to  tables  several  miles  in  extent, 
stretching  to  the  east  and  to  the  north- 
west." 

"The  petrified  logs  are  countless  at  all 
horizons  and  lie  in  the  greatest  profusion 
on  the  knolls,  buttes,  and  spurs,  and  in 
the  ravines  and  gulches,  while  the  ground 
seems  to  be  everywhere  studded  with 
gems,  consisting  of  broken  fragments  of 
all  shapes  and  sizes  and  exhibiting  all 
the  colors  of  the  rainbow.  When  we 
remember  that  this  special  area  is  several 
square  miles  in  extent  some  idea  can  be 
formed  of  the  enormous  quantity  of  this 
material  that  it  contains." 

"The  petrified  logs  do  not  occur  in  the 
same  abundance  throughout.  They  are 


A  tree  in  the  Second  Forest 


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massed  or  collected  together  in  groups 
or  heaps  at  certain  points,  and  may  be 
altogether  absent  at  others.  From  their 
great  abundance  in  the  above  described 
section,  it  must  be  inferred  that  the 
stratum  which  holds  them  was  especially 
rich,  and  the  trunks  must  have  lain  in 
heaps  upon  one  another." 

"Perhaps  the  most  prominent  of  all 
the  scenic  features  of  the  region  is  the 
well  known  Natural  Bridge,  consisting 
of  a  great  petrified  trunk  of  jasper  and 
agate,  lying  across  a  canyon  60  feet  wide 
and  20  feet  deep,  and  forming  a  foot- 
bridge over  which  anyone  may  easily 
pass.  The  Natural  Bridge,  therefore, 
possesses  the  added  interest  of  being  in 
place,  which  can  be  said  of  very  few  of 
the  other  petrified  logs  of  this  region." 

A  Description  of  the  Forests' 
Divisions 

The  First  Forest,  noted  for  its  bright  colors, 
is  distant  about  six  miles  from  Adamana  (alti- 
tude 5,277  feet).  It  is  easily  reached  in  an  hour 
and  a  half.  The  journey  may  be  made  in  a 
leisurely  fashion,  starting  late  in  the  morning 
and  returning  at  dusk,  with  an  hour  enroute  for 
inspection  of  the  Hieroglyphic  Rocks  and  Aztec 


Ruins,  and  plenty  of  time  to  see  the  Second 
Forest,  too.  The  chief  object  of  interest  is  the 
Natural  Log  Bridge,  which  is  mentioned  else- 
where. The  Eagle's  Nest,  Snow  Lady  and 
Dewey's  Cannon  are  in  this  locality. 

The  Second  Forest  is  two  and  one-half  miles 
due  south  of  the  first  one,  the  trip  requiring 
thirty  minutes  each  way.  It  contains  about 
two  thousand  acres.  The  trees  are  mostly  intact, 
large  and  many  of  them  highly  colored.  The 
Twin  Sisters  are  an  interesting  sight  here. 

The  Third  Forest  covers  a  greater  area  than 
the  others.  It  lies  thirteen  miles  southwest  of 
Adamana  and  eighteen  miles  southeast  of  Hoi- 
brook.  There  are  several  hundred  whole  trees, 
some  of  them  more  than  two  hundred  feet  long. 
The  colors  are  very  striking,  comprising  every 
tint  of  the  rainbow  and  therefore  the  local 
name  of  Rainbow  Forest  is  very  appropriate. 

The  Blue  Forest  (smallest  of  the  five),  located 
seven  miles  east  of  Adamana,  is  one  of  the  two 
districts  discovered  by  John  Muir.  It  is  noted 
for  the  blue  tints  of  its  trees. 

The  North  Sigillaria  Forest,  a  new  "find",  is 
nine  miles  north  from  Adamana,  and  contains 
many  finely  preserved  specimens  of  the  carbon- 
iferous period — some  of  the  stumps  still  standing 
where  they  grew.  It  is  located  on  the  bottom 
and  sides  of  a  shallow  canyon,  with  buttes  and 
mesas  of  different  colored  clays  and  rocks.  One 
fallen  monarch  is  1 47  feet  long.  A  wide  view  of 
the  Painted  Desert  may  be  had  here  and  on  the 


Petrified  tree  in  a  stratum  of  sandstone 


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Scene  in  Third  Forest 
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Huge  tree  in  North  Forest 


Overlooking  North  Forest  and 
The  Painted  Desert 


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way  out  an  Indian  ruin  is  passed.  The  round 
trip  to  either  of  the  two  last  named  Forests 
requires  about  four  hours  time,  though  if  one  is 
in  a  hurry,  all  the  Forests  except  the  Third  may 
be  visited  by  auto  in  a  day's  time. 

Only  the  First,  Second  and  Third  Forests  are 
included  in  the  Petrified  Forest  National  Monu- 
ment. 

Cost  of  Trips  and  Hotel 
Accommodations 

Except  the  small  hotel,  railway  station  and 
store,  there  are  few  buildings  at  Adamana. 
Mr.  Wm.  Nelson  has  charge  of  the  hotel  and 
livery  accommodations.  The  hotel  has  sanitary 
plumbing,  with  hot  and  cold  water.  Board  and 
lodging  may  be  had  at  $3.00  per  day  American 
plan;  thirty-five  guests  can  be  accommodated; 
in  summer,  tents  also  are  provided  for  guests. 

The  round-trip  fare  to  the  First  and  Second 
Forests  and  Natural  Bridge  is  $5.00  for  one 
person,  $3.00  per  capita  for  two  persons,  and 
$2.50  per  capita  for  three  or  more. 

To  the  Third,  Blue  or  North  Sigillaria  Forests 
and  Painted  Desert  the  fare  is  same  as  to  the 
First  and  Second  Forests. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  trips  from  Adam- 
ana  is  northeast  to  Wide  Ruins  (Kin-Tiel),  a 
Navajo  trading  post,  built  among  the  ruins  of  an 
Aztec  village.  On  the  way  you  pass  Pinta, 
Inscription  Rock,  a  bit  of  the  Painted  Desert 
and  Tanner  Springs,  a  big  cattle  and  sheep 
ranch  on  the  Navajo  reservation.  It  is  about 
three  hours  and  a  half  by  auto;  $30.00  round 
trip  for  four  persons  or  less.  If  desired,  this 
trip  may  be  continued  farther  north  through 
the  Navajo  country.  Notice  in  advance  to 
Mr.  Wm.  Nelson  at  Adamana,  Arizona,  owner  of 
livery,  will  insure  proper  handling  of  parties. 

Mr.  Nelson  also  equips  camping  parties  for 
the  Hopi  and  Navajo  Indian  Reservations,  and 
for  a  few  days'  trip  into  the  Painted  Desert. 

Holbrook,  the  county  seat  town,  has  satis- 
factory hotel  accommodations,  with  prices  about 
the  same  as  at  Adamana. 

The  Petrified  Forest  may  be  visited  any  day 
in  the  year,  except  when  high  waters  make  the 
streams  temporarily  impassable. 

Stop-Over  Arrangements 

Stop-overs  are  allowed  at  Adamana,  not  to 
exceed  ten  days,  on  all  one-way  tickets,  also  on 
round-trip  tickets  within  their  limits. 

Stop-overs  are  also  allowed  on  Pullman 
tickets. 

To  obtain  stop-overs  on  one-way  tickets, 
notify  train  conductor  and  deposit  tickets  with 
agent  immediately  after  arrival;  on  round- trip 
tickets  notify  train  conductor. 


Park  Administration 

Petrified  Forest  National  Monument  is  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  Director,  National  Park 
Service,  Department  of  the  Interior,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  The  Monument  Custodian  is  located 
at  Adamana,  Arizona. 

U.  S.  Government  Publications 

The  following  publications  may  be  obtained 
free  on  written  application  to  the  Director  of 
the  National  Park  Service,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Glimpses  of  our  National  Parks.  48  pages, 
illustrated. 

Map  of  National  Parks  and  National  Monu- 
ments. Shows  location  of  all  the  national 
parks  and  monuments,  and  railroad  routes  to 
these  reservations. 

The  following  publication  may  be  obtained 
from  the  Superintendent  of  Documents,  Govern- 
ment Printing  Office,  Washington,  D.  C.,  at 
price  given.  Remittances  should  be  by  money 
order  or  in  cash. 

The  National  Parks  Portfolio.  By  Robert 
Sterling  Yard.  260  pages,  270  illustrations. 
Pamphlet  edition,  35  cents;  book  edition,  55 
cents.  Contains  nine  sections,  each  descriptive 
of  national  park. 

U.  S.  R.  R.  Administration 
Publications 

The  following  publications  may  be  obtained 
free  on  application  to  any  consolidated  ticket 
office;  or  apply  to  the  Bureau  of  Service,  National 
Parks  and  Monuments,  or  Travel  Bureau — 
Western  Lines.  646  Transportation  Building, 
Chicago,  111. 

Arizona  and  New  Mexico  Rockies 
California  for  the  Tourist 
Colorado  and  Utah  Rockies 
Crater  Lake  National  Park,  Oregon 
Glacier  National  Park,  Montana 
Grand  Canyon  National  Park,  Arizona 
Hawaii  National  Park,  Hawaiian  Islands 
Hot  Springs  National  Park,  Arkansas 
Mesa  Verde  National  Park,  Colorado 
Mount  Rainier  National  Park,  Washington 
Northern  Lakes — Wisconsin.  Minnesota,  Upper 

Michigan,  Iowa  and  Illinois. 
Pacific  Northwest  and  Alaska 
Petrified  Forest  National  Monument,  Arizona 
Rocky  Mountain  National  Park,  Colorado 
Sequoia    and    General    Grant    National    Parks, 

California 

Yellowstone  National  Park,  Wyoming,  Mon- 
tana, Idaho 

Yosemite  National  Park,  California 
Zion  National  Monument,  Utah 


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THE    HAWAIIAN    ISLANDS 


The  National  Parks  at  a  Glance 


United  States   Railroad  Administration 

Director  General  of  Railroads 

For  particulars  as  to  fares,  train  schedules,  etc.,  apply  to  any  Railroad  Ticket  Agent,  or  to  any 
of  the  following  Consolidated  Ticket  Offices: 

West 

Beaumont.  Tex..  Orleans  and  Pearl  Sts.     Lincoln.  Neb 104  N.  13th  St. 

Bremerton.  Wash 224  Front  St.     Little  Rock.  Ark.    202  W.  2d  St. 

Long  Beach.  Cal .  .L.  A.  &  S.  L.  Station 

Los  Angeles.  Cal.  .  .  .215  S.  Broadway 

Milwaukee.  Wis 99  Wisconsin  St. 

Minneapolis.  Minn..  202  Sixth  St.  South 

Oakland.  Cal. ..  13th  St.  and  Broadway 

Ocean  Park.  Cal 160  Pier  Ave. 

Oklahoma  City.  Okla. 


Butte.  Mont 2  N.  Main  St. 

Chicago.  Ill 175  W.  Jackson  Blvd. 

Colorado  Springs.  Colo. 

1 19  E.  Pike's  Peak  Ave. 

Dallas.  Tex 1 12-1 14  Field  St. 

Denver.  Colo 601    17th  St. 

DCS  Moines.  Iowa 403  Walnut  St. 

Duluth.  Minn 334  W.  Superior  St. 

El  Paso.  Te-t .  .  .  .Mills  and  Oregon  Sts. 

Ft.  Worth.  Tex 702  Houston  St. 

Fresno.  Cal J  and  Fresno  Sts. 

Galveston.  Tex.  .21st  and  Market  Sts. 

Helena.  Mont 58  S.  Main  St. 

Houston.  Tex 904  Texas  Ave. 

Kansas  City.  Mo. 

Ry.  Ex.  Bldg..  7th  and  Walnut  Sts. 


Annapolis.  Md 54  Maryland  Ave. 

Atlantic  City.  N.  J..  1301  Pacific  Ave. 

Baltimore.  Md B.  &  O.  R.  R.  Bldg. 

Boston.  Mass 67  Franklin  St. 

Brooklyn.  N.  Y 336  Fulton  St. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.  .Main  and  Division  Sts. 
Cincinnati.  Ohio.  .  .6th  and  Main  Sts. 

Cleveland.  Ohio 1004  Prospect  Ave. 

Columbus.    Ohio 70  East  Gay  St. 

Dayton.  Ohio 19  S.  Ludlow  St. 


131  W.  Grand  Ave. 

Omaha.  Neb 1416  Dodge  St. 

Peoria,  III .  .  .Jefferson  and  Liberty  Sts. 
Phoenix,  Ariz. 

Adams  St.  and  Central  Ave. 
Portland.  Ore.  .3d  and  Washington  Sts. 

Pueblo.  Colo 401-3  N.  Union  Ave. 

St.  Joseph.  Mo 505  Francis  St. 

St.  Louis.  Mo. 

318-328  North  Broadway 

East 

Detroit.  Mich.  .  .  13  W. LaFayette  Ave. 
Evansville.  Ind .  .  .  L.  &  N.  R.  R.  Bldg. 

Grand  Rapids.  Mich 125  Pearl  St. 

Indianapolis.  Ind..  I  1 2- 1 4  English  Block 
Newark.  N.  J.,  Clinton  and  Beaver  Sts. 
New  York.  N.  Y 64  Broadway 


St.  Paul.  Minn  .  .  .  4th  and  Jackson  Sts. 
Sacramento.  Cal  ...........  801   K  St. 

Salt  Lake  City.  Utah 

Main  and  S.  Temple  Sts. 
San  Antonio.  Tex. 

315-17N.  St.  Mary's  St. 
San  Diego.  Cal  ........  300  Broadway 

San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Lick  Bldg..  Post  St.  and  Lick  Place 


San  Jose.  Cal..  I  st  and  San  Fernando  Sts. 
Seattle.  Wash  .........  714-16  2d  Ave. 

Shreveport,  La..  Milam  and  Market  Sts. 
Sioux  City.  Iowa  .........  510  4th  St. 

Spokane,  wash. 

Davenport  Hotel.  815  Sprague  Ave. 
Tacoma.  Wash.  ..  1  1  17-19  Pacific  Ave. 
Waco.  Tex  ......  6th  and  Franklin  Sts. 

Whittier.  Cal  ____  L.  A.  «c  S.  L.  Station 

Winnipeg.  Man  ......  226  Portage  Ave. 


Asheville.  N.  C 
Atlanta.  Ga 
Augusta.  Ga 
Birmingham.  Ala 
Charleston.  S.  C 
Charlotte.  N.  C 
Chattanooga,  Tenn 
Columbia.  S.  C 
Jacksonville.  Fla 


14  S.  Polk  Square 

74  Peach  tree  St. 

811  Broad  St. 

2010  1st  Ave. 

Charleston  Hotel 

22  S.  Tryon  St. 

817  Market  St. 

Arcade  Building 

38  W.  Bay  St. 


New  York.  N.  Y 57  Chambers  St. 

New  York.  N.  Y 31  W.  32d  St. 

New  York.  N.  Y 1 1 4  W.  42d  St. 

South 

Knoxville.    Tenn 600  Gay  St. 

Lexington,  Ky Union  Station 

Louisville.  Ky.  .  .  .4th  and  Market  Sts. 

Lynchburg.  Va 722  Main  St. 

Memphis.  Tenn 60  N.  Main  St. 

Mobile.  Ala 5J  S.  Royal  St. 

Montgomer 
Na.hville.T 
New  Orleans.  La St.  Charles  Hotel 


Philadelphia.  Pa 
Pittsburgh.  Pa 


1539  Chestnut  St. 
Arcade  Building 


Reading.  Pa  ...........  16  N.  Fifth  St. 

Rochester.  N.  Y  ..........  20  State  St. 

Syracuse.  N.  Y  .....  355  So.  Warren  St. 

Toledo.  Ohio  .......  320  Madison  Ave. 


Washington.  D.  C.  .  .  1229  F  St.  N.  W. 
Williamsport.  Pa  ____  4th  and  Pine  Sts. 
Wilmington.  Del  .......  905  Market  St. 


[ornery.  Ala Exchange  Hotel 

ille,  Tenn. Independent  Life  Bldg. 


a.  FU'.'.! 


Paducah. 
Pensacols 

Raleigh.  N.  C 

Richmond.  Va.  . .  . 
Savannah.  Ga. . . . 
Sheffield.  Ala 


430  Broadway 

.San  Carlos  Hotel 

.305  LaFayette  St. 

.  ..830  E.  Main  St. 

37  Bull  St. 

.  .  .Sheffield  Hotel 


Tampa.  Fla Hillsboro  Hotel 

Vicksburg.  Miss.  .1319  Washington  St. 
Winston-Salem.  N.  C..  236  N.  Main  St. 


Norfolk.  Va Monticello  Hotel 

For  detailed  information  regarding  National  Parks  and  Monuments  address  Bureau  of  Service.  National  Parks  and 
Monuments,  or  Travel  Bureau — Western  Lines,  646  Transportation  Building.  Chicago. 

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"And  in  the  fullness  of  the  acres  the  immortal  Forest  came  back  to  the  sunlight,  where  once  its 
myriad  leaves  danced  and  breathed  a  mortal  air." 


